I had every intention of attending QuiltCon this year.

I reserved a room, and registered for the event. That was back in June when registration opened, which is planning quite a bit ahead for a late February event. Since then I’ve decided that attending QuiltCon is probably not the best use of my quilting event budget. I go to quilting events to get to interact with other quilters. I’m not even sure that any of my guild members are attending. I can certainly fend for myself and have a good time, but I get more from local retreats with my Guild members than sitting through lectures and walking through displays alone. I also get a lot from the yearly retreat I attend in Lancaster with friends I met at the first Slow Stitching Movement Retreat with Mark Lipinski. Plus I’m not really a modern quilter.

So I’ve cancelled my hotel reservation, and I’ve decided to bite the bullet and take the $172.00 loss on my All Access pass to lectures that I purchased when I registered for QuiltCon.

The thing that really clinched the decision for me is that my husband has been willing to start a Whole Foods Plant Based No Oil eating regimen with me. This is the first time he has been willing to do this, and I did not feel right about leaving him to fend for himself so early in the journey. I’ll be figuring out how I can accommodate him when I go to my Lancaster retreat in April though. Nothing will keep me from that.